Groups and Workshops | Counseling and Psychological Services

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Therapy & Support Groups

Groups provide an opportunity to work through a variety of concerns within a person’s life while receiving support, gaining insight, learning and practicing new behaviors, and increasing self-esteem. In group therapy, you have the opportunity to:

Increase your self-awareness and focus energy into aspects of your life you wish to change.
Try out new behaviors and experiment with new ideas.
Express feelings you are hesitant to express and assert yourself in new ways.
Learn from other group members (and group facilitators) by getting feedback and finding out how others perceive you.

All groups are free to students who have paid student fees.

Current Groups

Students must be a current CAPS patient to participate in ongoing sessions. Interested students should call (402) 472-7450.

Alcohol and Drug Harm Reduction Group

Group facilitator: Brigham Scott, MS, PsyD

A free weekly group for students who want to make changes in their alcohol/drug use. Abstinence is not required to attend. It is a place where a student can speak honestly about their current use and get feedback without feeling judged or pressured to change. It is a group that will support group members who want to make healthy changes.
Graduate Women of Color Group

Group facilitators: Alice Mitwaruciu, PhD, and Falesa Ivory-Horton, MA

Being a woman of color and a graduate student can present a unique set of challenges. This processing group aims to provide a safe, secure, and supportive environment in which women can share and process their concerns and experiences with each other.
International Student Support Group

Group facilitator: Xiping (Kylie) Qiu, MS

Come and join a CAPS therapist to talk with other international students at UNL in a group with respect of confidentiality and nonjudgmental space.
Mixed Graduate Process Group

Group facilitator: Kristin Jagels, MA, and Patrick McFadden, MA

This group is intended for graduate-level students and designed to address issues related to being in graduate school as well as how that may impact mental health and relationships.
Mixed Undergraduate Process Group

Group facilitator: Jennifer Holt, MA, and Andrea Seldomridge, MA

Participate in a group with other undergrad students to gain ideas and suggestions that can help you to develop self-awareness and insight on issues impacting you and others in the group.
Women's Graduate Process Group

Group facilitators: Mariah Petersen, MS, and Summer Bleich, MA

Develop insight, interpersonal skills, and self-awareness with other women graduate students in this weekly group to discuss issues and life events.

Drop-in Groups

Any UNL student is welcome to participate in one or all sessions. View the event calendar below to see upcoming sessions.

Developing an Understanding of Meaning and Purpose during Pandemic times (DUMPP)

Workshop facilitator: Mark Lukin, PhD
To join an upcoming workshop, call 402.472.7450.

DUMPP acknowledges that the persisting stress of COVID (both in terms of fears of illness, restriction of activities and loss of the sense of normalcy) produces real symptoms in all of us. This stress can also exacerbate current struggles. DUMPP offers a humanist and existential frame with a Monty Python twist, offering two brief interventions (deep breathing and identity affirmation).
Managing Difficult Emotions Skillfully

Workshop facilitator: Joey Walloch, PsyD
To join an upcoming workshop, call 402.472.7450.

Navigating life can be hard when we experience emotions that seem to “take over” our ability to think clearly. This psychoeducational skills group teaches you how to use behavioral skills to tame strong emotions so that you don’t make a problem worse or create a bigger problem that didn’t even exist previously! The skills presented in the group are the same each week so you can come once or come a few times until you fully understand the skills and how to put them into action.

Alcohol and Other Drug Programs

Alcohol and Drug Psychoeducation Workshop

Workshop facilitator: Brigham Scott, MS, PsyD
This workshop is offered intermittently throughout the year. To join an upcoming workshop, call 402.472.7450.

This educational workshop teaches students how to avoid negative consequences related to their substance use. Topics covered include: Physiological Effects of Alcohol, Critical Thinking, and Assertiveness Training. This course meets psychoeducation requirements for Diversion.

Additional Opportunities

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Sister Circle: A Support Group for Women of Color
Alcohol and Drug Psychoeducation Workshop

Workshop facilitator: Brigham Scott, MS, PsyD
This workshop is offered intermittently throughout the year. To join an upcoming workshop, call 402.472.7450.

This educational workshop teaches students how to avoid negative consequences related to their substance use. Topics covered include: Physiological Effects of Alcohol, Critical Thinking, and Assertiveness Training. This course meets psychoeducation requirements for Diversion.